ChurchChurch HistoryHistory ChurchChurch HistoryHistory IntroductionIntroduction toto ChurchChurch HistoryHistory st rd TheThe AncientAncient ChurchChurch AD 11st-3-3rd centuriescenturies th th TheThe RiseRise ofof ChristendomChristendom AD 44th-5-5th centuriescenturies th th TheThe EarlyEarly MiddleMiddle AgesAges AD 66th-10-10th centuriescenturies th th TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades AD 1111th-13-13th centuriescenturies th th TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance AD 1414th-15-15th centuriescenturies th ConquestConquest andand ReformationReformation AD 1616th centurycentury th th TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AD 1717th-18-18th centuriescenturies th TheThe AgeAge ofof RevolutionRevolution AD 1919th centurycentury th TheThe ModernModern AgeAge AD 2020th centurycentury st TheThe PostmodernPostmodern AgeAge AD 2121st centurycentury ChurchChurch HistoryHistory IntroductionIntroduction toto ChurchChurch HistoryHistory st rd TheThe AncientAncient ChurchChurch AD 11st-3-3rd centuriescenturies th th TheThe RiseRise ofof ChristendomChristendom AD 44th-5-5th centuriescenturies th th TheThe EarlyEarly MiddleMiddle AgesAges AD 66th-10-10th centuriescenturies th th TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades AD 1111th-13-13th centuriescenturies th th TheThe RenaissanceRenaissance AD 1414th-15-15th centuriescenturies th ConquestConquest andand ReformationReformation AD 1616th centurycentury th th TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AD 1717th-18-18th centuriescenturies Cromwell Philosophers and Kings, Missionaries and Explorers The Seeds of Revolutions Proto-Revolutions (part 2) TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AttemptedAttempted revolutionsrevolutions beganbegan toto sproutsprout upup 17181718 PiratesPirates werewere attackingattacking everyoneeveryone 17181718 markedmarked thethe beginningbeginning ofof thethe endend ofof thethe “Golden“Golden AgeAge ofof Piracy”Piracy” (NOTE: Piracy has been around since ships first set sail) (Remember that the Vikings often engaged in piracy) (And St. Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates back in 402 AD) TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AttemptedAttempted revolutionsrevolutions beganbegan toto sproutsprout upup 17181718 PiratesPirates werewere attackingattacking everyoneeveryone 17181718 markedmarked thethe beginningbeginning ofof thethe endend ofof thethe “Golden“Golden AgeAge ofof Piracy”Piracy” (NOTE: Piracy has been around since ships first set sail, but there was a sudden surge of frequency in the early 1600s—especially in the Spanish Main— thanks to the Eighty Years' War) (when the Protestant Dutch attempted to overthrow the Catholic Spanish who were in control of the Netherlands at the time) (English and Dutch pirates specifically attacked Spanish ports in the New World—in part because they were relatively undefended, but even moreso because they were Catholic) (English pirate/privateer Henry Morgan even made it a point to burn Catholic churches and use priests and nuns as human shields) TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AttemptedAttempted revolutionsrevolutions beganbegan toto sproutsprout upup 17181718 PiratesPirates werewere attackingattacking everyoneeveryone 17181718 markedmarked thethe beginningbeginning ofof thethe endend ofof thethe “Golden“Golden AgeAge ofof Piracy”Piracy” (NOTE: Piracy has been around since ships first set sail, but there was a sudden surge of frequency in the early 1600s—especially in the Spanish Main— thanks to the Eighty Years' War) (when the Protestant Dutch attempted to overthrow the Catholic Spanish who were in control of the Netherlands at the time) (English and Dutch pirates specifically attacked Spanish ports in the New World—in part because they were relatively undefended, but even moreso because they were Catholic) (this was also the era when the classic term “buccaneer” was invented) (named for their habit of roasting meat on wooden buccans like the Tupí natives did —a structure that the Haitian natives called a barbakoa, from which we get the word “barbeque”) TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AttemptedAttempted revolutionsrevolutions beganbegan toto sproutsprout upup 17181718 PiratesPirates werewere attackingattacking everyoneeveryone 17181718 markedmarked thethe beginningbeginning ofof thethe endend ofof thethe “Golden“Golden AgeAge ofof Piracy”Piracy” (NOTE: Piracy has been around since ships first set sail, but there was a sudden surge of frequency— especially in the Spanish Main—in the early 1600s) (NOTE2: Piracy also took an even more international turn in the late 1600s in what became known as the “Pirate Round”) With encouragement by the British admiralty, pirates actively attacked Spanish, Portuguese, and Muslim ships going around Africa Not only did this net massive profits and undermine Spanish colonial and Catholic missionary efforts in the East but it also—ironically—created the first permanent European settlement in Madagascar (a pirate kingdom led by Captain Mission and his first mate, Caraccioli—himself a former Jesuit—called Libertalia) (their flag was symbolic of their religious views) TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AttemptedAttempted revolutionsrevolutions beganbegan toto sproutsprout upup 17181718 PiratesPirates werewere attackingattacking everyoneeveryone 17181718 markedmarked thethe beginningbeginning ofof thethe endend ofof thethe “Golden“Golden AgeAge ofof Piracy”Piracy” (NOTE: Piracy has been around since ships first set sail, but there was a sudden surge of frequency— especially in the Spanish Main—in the early 1600s) (NOTE2: Piracy also took an even more international turn in the late 1600s in what became known as the “Pirate Round”) With encouragement by the British admiralty, pirates actively attacked Spanish, Portuguese, and Muslim ships going around Africa Not only did this net massive profits and undermine Spanish colonial and Catholic missionary efforts in the East but it also—ironically—created the first permanent European settlement in Madagascar, and thus the first permanent Christian presence in the area (yes, pirates arguably brought Christianity to Madagascar) TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AttemptedAttempted revolutionsrevolutions beganbegan toto sproutsprout upup 17181718 PiratesPirates werewere attackingattacking everyoneeveryone 17181718 markedmarked thethe beginningbeginning ofof thethe endend ofof thethe “Golden“Golden AgeAge ofof Piracy”Piracy” (NOTE: Piracy has been around since ships first set sail, but there was a sudden surge of frequency— especially in the Spanish Main—in the early 1600s) (NOTE2: Piracy also took an even more international turn in the late 1600s in what became known as the “Pirate Round”) With encouragement by the British admiralty, pirates actively attacked Spanish, Portuguese, and Muslim ships going around Africa Not only did this net massive profits and undermine Spanish colonial and Catholic missionary efforts in the East but it also—ironically—created the first permanent European settlement in Madagascar, and thus the first permanent Christian presence in the area Famous “Pirate Rounder” Henry Every specifically saw himself as a crusader against Indian Sea Muslims by being a slaver TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AttemptedAttempted revolutionsrevolutions beganbegan toto sproutsprout upup 17181718 PiratesPirates werewere attackingattacking everyoneeveryone 17181718 markedmarked thethe beginningbeginning ofof thethe endend ofof thethe “Golden“Golden AgeAge ofof Piracy”Piracy” (NOTE: Piracy has been around since ships first set sail, but there was a sudden surge of frequency— especially in the Spanish Main—in the early 1600s) (NOTE2: Piracy also took an even more international turn in the late 1600s in what became known as the “Pirate Round”) With encouragement by the British admiralty, pirates actively attacked Spanish, Portuguese, and Muslim ships going around Africa For that matter, pirate Raveneau de Lussan was famous for regularly praying with his men, having them sing Te Deum after a victory, and trying to convert the natives of Central America TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment AttemptedAttempted revolutionsrevolutions beganbegan toto sproutsprout upup 17181718 PiratesPirates werewere attackingattacking everyoneeveryone 17181718 markedmarked thethe beginningbeginning ofof thethe endend ofof thethe “Golden“Golden AgeAge ofof Piracy”Piracy” (NOTE: Piracy has been around since ships first set sail, but there was a sudden surge of frequency— especially in the Spanish Main—in the early 1600s) (NOTE2: Piracy also took an even more international turn in the late 1600s in what became known as the “Pirate Round”) (NOTE3: Piracy took another huge upswing in frequency in the early 1700s, thanks to a sudden and massive increase in trained seamen, due to Queen Anne's War) (sailors who were then just as suddenly out of work after the Treaty of Utrecht, and fell into piracy to make ends meet) TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— ByBy thethe way,way, veryvery fewfew piratespirates actuallyactually flewflew thisthis flagflag So this one was flown by “Black Sam” Bellamy (who was the wealthiest pirate of all time—and yet, notoriously kind to his prisoners—and who died in 1717 at age 28) TheThe AgeAge ofof EnlightenmentEnlightenment FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— ByBy thethe way,way, veryvery fewfew piratespirates actuallyactually flewflew thisthis flagflag So this one was flown by “Black